A civil rights group and a local state representative are condemning online threats towards an Islamic center in Orange County.
The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) issued a statement on the matter earlier this week, one they called “an online anti-Muslim smear campaign.”
The organization shared screenshots of some of the hateful comments as well as a post that alleged The Islamic Center of Irvine (ICOI) “seized control” of three additional buildings it purchased near the mosque to create a “parallel society” where the laws of the Untied States do not apply…